SALT LAKE CITY — Two people are in jail after Salt Lake City Police searched the New Yorker nightclub and found 100 bottles of alcohol, four guns, as well as marijuana and cocaine early Saturday morning.
Kody Valdez, 24, faces charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of controlled substance, while Fetuao J. Fusitua, 24, was booked possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and possession a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
The department said officers executed a search warrant on the club, located at 60 West Market Street, as part of larger investigation beginning in June 2023, when the agency was tipped off to criminal activity occurring within the club.
From June 9 to July 15, SLCPD increased their patrol operations in the area of around the club, leading to 15 arrests and additional drug and firearm seizures. The enhanced patrols have continued each weekend since they first began.
SLCPD also says since they began their enhanced patrol operations, no aggravated assaults or homicides have occurred at or near the club.
